Mike And The Mechanics - 1995-07-18 - London, UK (pre-FM/FLAC)

(pre-FM FLAC)

Mike & the Mechanics - 1995 July 18 Shepherds Bush Empire, London

lineage

CD - EAC - Goldwave (track markers added) - Flac Frontend

Mike Rutherford - bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals

Paul Carrack - vocals, keyboards

Paul Young - vocals, percussion

Gary Wallis/Peter van Hooke ?? - drums

Adrian Lee - keyboards

Tim Renwick - bass guitar, guitar

01 - Get Up

02 - You Really Got A Hold On Me

03 - Over My Shoulder

04 - Silent Running

05 - Plain & Simple

06 - Someone Always Hates Someone

07 - Another Cup Of Coffee

08 - Web Of Lies

09 - The Living Years

10 - Word Of Mouth

11 - Interview A

12 - Interview B

Pretty much straight as it came from the broadcast CD except for a few well placed track markers. PDF of cue sheet included. The sound quality is awesome. The definitive recording from this tour.

Mike and the Mechanics - 1986-06-19 - Upper Darby, PA (pre-FM/FLAC)

(pre-FM FLAC)

Tower Theater

Upper Darby, Pa. USA

June 19, 1986

promoting their debut (1985) album, "Mike and the Mechanics"

King Biscuit Flower Hour FM broadcast

lineage:

FM broadcast > Yamaha 500 reciever with wire antenna > Nak. BX- 100 cassette deck (dolby off) > Maxell XLII 90 minute cassette > played on tascam 112 into soundforge (wav) > flac (sb's aligned)

Mike and the Mechanics

Mike Rutherford: bass, guitar, backing vocals

Paul Carrack: vocals, keyboards

Paul Young: vocals, percussion (R.I.P.)

Adrian Lee: keyboards

Ashley Mulford: guitar, bass

Peter Van Hooke: drums

01: Bill Minkin radio intro :57 (cuts in)

02: hanging by a thread 6:33

03: silent running 7:11

04: Maxine 6:01

05: taken in 5:14 (w/announcer talkover)

06: a call to arms 6:37

07: tempted 4:26

08: I get the feeling 5:42 (end applause spliced, tape flip)

09: all I need is a miracle 7:46 (with radio outro)

runtime: 50:27 (minutes/ seconds)

Mike & The Mechanics - 1999-05-10 - London, UK (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Mike + The Mechanics

5/10/99

Hanover Grand, London, UK

AKA - I Can't Stop The Dance (Highland)

FM Recording

Quality - Excellent

Lineage - Original silver CD ---> EAC ---> WAV ---> FLAC (level 8)

Mike Rutherford - Guitars

Paul Carrack - Vocals, keyboards

Paul Young - Vocals, percussion

Jamie Moses - Guitars

Gary Wallis - Drums

01 - Introduction

02 - Ordinary Girl

03 - Now That You've Gone

04 - Another Cup Of Coffee

05 - Whenever I Stop

06 - All The Light I Need

07 - Everyday Hurts

08 - How Long

09 - I Can't Dance

10 - The Living Years

11 - All I Need Is A Miracle

12 - Over My Shoulder

Notes:

This is an excellent FM recording of one of the first (if not the first) shows of the Mechanics 1999 tour. As always, Carrack and Young give outstanding vocal performances. Being that this is one of the first shows of the tour, occasionally a lyric from one of the new songs is fucked up, but other than that it's a flawless performance. It's also a real highlight to hear the Mechanics perform Sad Cafe's, "Ever Day Hurts", Ace's, "How Long" and the Genesis tune, "I Can't Dance". All-in-all a nice mix of songs, 4 from their new release at the time, M6. May the late, great Paul Young R.I.P. A great talent that is truly missed. He sings his ass off here.

Prince's Trust Rock Gala - 2010-11-17 - London, UK (2xDVDfull pro-shot)

(2xDVDfull pro-shot)

NTSC DVD

Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010
Royal Albert Hall, London
Directv Broadcast 101 Network, 31 December 2010.

Directv Satellite TV HD Broadcast (HR20) > Hauppauge HD PVR #1212 Capture
(Component video, Optical Audio 13.5 kb/s Constant bitrate H264 Compression) >
TMPGenc DVD Authoring Works 4 (converted H264 To MPEG 2 at 9400 mb/s, 9400 mb/s max
bit rate, adjusted volume, Edited where necessary, created chapters, Menus, in DVD
format > HD > DVD.

Video
NTSC 16:9
MPEG 2
720 x 480
29.97 Frames/sec
9400 kb/s bit rate
9400 kb/s max. bit rate

Audio
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
48000 Hz
448 Kb/s

DVD1:
01 - Introduction - Dame Edna Everage
02 - Over My Shoulder - Mike & The Mechanics
03 - All I Need Is A Miracle - Mike & The Mechanics
04 - Heat Wave - Phil Collins
05 - Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins
06 - My Girl - Phil Collins
07 - Feeling Good - Alison Moyet with Jamie Cullum
08 - Smoke & Mirrors - Paloma Faith
09 - New York - Paloma Faith
10 - Vienna - Midge Ure (Ultravox)
11 - Days of Our Live -Queen
12 - Last Horizon

50:10

DVD2:
01 - Strange Things Happen - Tom Jones with Jools Holland
02 - Burning Hell - Tom Jones
03 - Glory of Love - Tom Jones
04 - Rocking Chair - Eric Clapton
05 - Same Old Blues - Eric Clapton
06 - Queen Of Spades - Eric Clapton
07 - Crossroads - Eric Clapton
08 - Hard Life - Queen with Tom Chaplin
09 - Seven Seas Of Rye - Queen with Midge Ure
10 - We Will Rock You - Finale

50:01